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DPW workers who were taking the borough’s Truxor amphibious vehicle out to clean Peters Creek ended up saving a Haddon Township man who had gotten stuck in the frigid waters overnight. When Oaklyn purchased its own Truxor amphibious vehicle a few years ago, it was done to help the borough control an overgrowth of aqueous plant

Strapped into the cockpit of an apparatus appearing part tank, part lawnmower, part Dr. Seuss contraption, Mechanical Technician William Crain fired up the 3,000-pound machine and drove directly into the marshy waters of the Ellis Creek wetlands in Petaluma. With paddle-equipped treads, the amphibious vehicle began churning through the water on its way to a